Chicken Pork Adobo in Coconut Milk

Just recently, my mom asked me to start packing my things in preparation for the proverbial move that was about to happen. I am not happy with the idea of leaving. But nevertheless, the day will come when I have to pick up the last piece of my belongings and leave.

Nobody said that it was easy to leave ones comfort zone. It is not easy to tweak something familiar to explore unchartered territory. Yes, it is not easy, but it is possible. Change is good. After all, there is the gift of adaptability, the only way to deal with the greatest cliché and irony that the ‘only constant thing in this world is change’. But it doesn’t mean that you won’t have to look back where you were rooted. Because sometimes, if you have a firm grasp of where a certain thing comes from, change is just a development. The process of crossing the line from something plain and simple to the possibility of holding on to new things which are intricate yet, beautiful.

I guess that applies to everything we hold on dear to our hearts. From lovers to possessions to ideas down to the things as simple as the first dish you have learned to cook. Adobo, a well-loved Filipino dish, simply comprises of three main ingredients which are meat, soy sauce, and vinegar then it’s good to go. But changes led to its development. Now, almost every household, if not all, have their own versions of it.Chicken Pork Adobo in Coconut Milk
Ingredients:

Chicken
Pork
Olive oil
Onion
Garlic
Bay Leaves
Pepper Corn
Soy Sauce
Vinegar
Coconut Milk
Fried Potatoes
Dried Italian Herbs

Procedure:

1. Sauté garlic and onions in olive oil, then add the meat until brown.
2. Toast in pepper corn and bay leaves.
3. Add in soy sauce, vinegar, and water then simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Add in Coconut Milk then simmer for another 20 minutes or until meat is tender.
5. Add in cut Fried Potatoes and sprinkle some dried Italian Herbs before serving.

Yes, we can hold on to the usual fare of meat, soy sauce, and vinegar, but wouldn’t it be nice to add some ingredients to further enhance the dish? The flavors we have loved our whole lives can be altered, for the better. The good thing about Adobo and life is that you can always experiment, you can always change.

Truth be told, change is downright scary. But who knows, outside my own life’s recipe, the taste can become more fulfilling.


*credits to Ern Raymundo